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Prince Albert National Park

53.9437° N, 106.3775° W

Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. 53.9437° N, 106.3775° W

National park, 3,870 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/sk/prince-albert-national-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Parks Canada accommodation, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Parks Canada facilities, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Prince Albert National Park is a 3,870 km² national park 14 km northwest of Christopher Lake, in Saskatchewan. It was established in 1927.

81 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Crean Lake (125 km²).

Area
3,870 km²
Established
1927
Named lakes
81

Conditions today

YELLOW WARNING - RAINFALL · issued Thu 3:39 p.m. CST

Heavy rain is expected over Central Saskatchewan, with total rainfall amounts of 40 to 60 mm.

Rain will begin overnight in west central Saskatchewan and spread eastward through the day on Friday. Rain will continue through Sunday morning. In some locations, rain will be mixed with wet snow at times beginning early Saturday morning.

Rain will change over to light snow late Saturday night, and then snow will gradually end Sunday morning.

Water will likely pool on roads and in low-lying areas. Local utility outages are possible.

Don't drive through flooded roadways. Allow extra time for travel.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to SKstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #SKStorm.

Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 7:39 a.m. CST

7.4 °C

Wind E 5 km/h, gusts 29

Observed at Waskesiu Lake, as of Thu 10:00 p.m. CST

Tonight: Becoming cloudy this evening. 30 percent chance of showers overnight. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 6.

Weather: Waskesiu Lake (local forecast), as of Thu 10:03 p.m. CST

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:47 a.m.
Sunrise
7:22 a.m.
Sunset
6:21 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:57 p.m.
Moonrise
6:16 a.m.
Moonset
5:41 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 81 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureArea
1Crean Lake125 km²
2Waskesiu Lake70.1 km²
3Kingsmere Lake59.3 km²
4Lavallée Lake27 km²
5Anglin Lake14.2 km²
6Wassegam Lake11.1 km²
7Wabeno Lake9.22 km²
8Namekus Lake8.61 km²
9Tibiska Lake8.6 km²
10Paquin Lake8.12 km²
11Halkett Lake8.12 km²
12Nesslin Lake5.59 km²

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Things to do

Camping

  • Backcountry camping
  • Frontcountry camping
  • Group camping
  • oTENTik

Facilities

  • Marina
  • Picnic areas
  • Sani-station
  • Trailheads
  • Visitor or interpretation centre
  • Washrooms

Official record

Designation
National park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Parks Canada Agency

Photos

Glow of sunset on the Waskesiu Lake in Prince Albert National Park Saskatchewan, Canada
Photo: Viktor Birkus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Prince Albert National Park (2953189131)
Photo: Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Prince Albert National Park (2953194989)
Photo: Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Parc national du Canada de Prince AlbertFrench form